Harry Brook and Alice Capsey underlined their status as breakthrough stars of 2021 as they completed a prestigious end-of-season double at the Cricket Writers’ Club awards.
Having already been named as the best young players in the country by their peers at the Professional Cricketers’ Awards the pair received matching accolades from the CWC – a pool of over 450 media representatives.
Yorkshire batsman Brook was voted winner of the NV Play young cricketer of the year, a coveted title dating back to 1950, with past winners going on to earn more than 2,500 Test caps.
Having already been named as the best young players in the country by their peers at the Professional Cricketers’ Awards the pair received matching accolades from the CWC – a pool of over 450 media representatives.
Yorkshire batsman Brook was voted winner of the NV Play young cricketer of the year, a coveted title dating back to 1950, with past winners going on to earn more than 2,500 Test caps.
Brook inherits the once-in-a-career honour, handed to England-qualified players aged 23 or under at the start of the season, from 2020 winner Zak Crawley. Previous recipients include Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Anderson and Stuart Broad.
Brook performed impressively across red and white-ball cricket for Yorkshire, and made some eye-catching appearances for Northern Superchargers in the launch season of The Hundred.
“I wrote down a few notes at the start of the year about what I wanted to achieve and the runs I wanted to get in different formats and I nailed that,” said the former England Under-19 captain.—Agencies
